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A depiction of enslaved people in a tobacco factory in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1874

General History

Were enslaved people in America ever paid for their work?

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The BBC Story

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Inconsiderate Hannah

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Lead books could be earliest Christian writing in existence

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April issue out now

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Obituary

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Rome’s lost legion

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A shameless extrovert

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The BBC Story

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Phantom islands

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Belgium’s great divide

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True or false? The answers

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The fine rolls of King Henry III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th Century

My history hero: Douglas Bader (1910–82)

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Ye olde travel guide: Olympia 480 Bc. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The making of the King James Bible. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Civil rights and the Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two women from South America. Six centuries ago South American civilisations matched the west in some respects. (Getty Images)

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The wonder of the west

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The school that never was

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True or false?

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Aristocracy: A Very Short Introduction

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Luxury – the new ‘four letter word’

The site of the battle of Naseby, which saw parliament's New Model Army win its first major battle against the royalists in June 1645. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Where history happened: the Wars of the Three Kingdoms part 1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Women don’t always change channel when the bombs begin to fall

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Historic Rochester

Elizabethan adventurer, courtier, navigator and historian Sir Walter Ralegh – "a gorgeous, larger than life figure". Unfortunately, many of his peers weren't impressed by his good looks, and saw instead an arrogant man, blind to his own weaknesses. (Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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The LibraryWalter Ralegh: the heroic traitor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman puts a foundling, or her own unwanted child, into a revolving doorway in a hospital or orphanage wall, intended for unwanted children. (Getty Images)

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A mother's love: tokens left with London's foundling babies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ironclad and the Siege of Rochester

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The Coolidge Effect

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The Language Wars: Review of the reviews

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